Audio Podcasts Now In Google Search

You can now discover, see and listen to audio podcasts directly in search. This was part of the overall I/O keynote from Wednesday, but launched yesterday morning and you can I can see it on both desktop and mobile Google search.

Rolling out this week you'll be able to search for and play podcasts directly in Google Search across Android, iOS, and desktop browsers, a step toward making audio a first-class citizen across Google. pic.twitter.com/29ohC7W9z8

Update: If it is true that they are still not surfacing audio content through transcription, then nothing is new:

FWIW, just tested several podcasts, and I'm pretty sure Google isn't returning those results based on the transcript yet. Maybe in the future, but they only seem to trigger now for queries related to the podcast title, and maybe some episode titles. Not the transcript though.